Child Rights
-
Christian Porter denied justice plea from Indonesians jailed in Australia when they were children
Former attorney general refused to refer cases to WA court of appeal, despite an earlier ruling finding a miscarriage of…
Read More » -
Houthis Commit to End Violations Against Children in Yemen
Seven years into a catastrophic war in Yemen, the Houthis have signed an action plan with the United Nations, pledging…
Read More » -
First Peoples in Victoria have a right to the truth about the impact of colonisation
This is timely because March 24 is the International Day for the Right to the Truth. Authors The Conversation Yoorrook is…
Read More » -
Africa’s Governments Can Do More to Protect Pregnant Students
Across Africa each year, tens of thousands of adolescent girls drop out of school or suffer discrimination or exclusion from schools because…
Read More » -
Victoria under pressure to raise criminal age as Aboriginal youth justice strategy unveiled
“I wanted to be with family … when I first got there I knew I had to get out of…
Read More » -
EU to step up fight against child abuse content
The EU plans to legislate to require technology companies to do more to tackle child sexual abuse, according to the bloc’s home affairs commissioner,…
Read More » -
Qandi’s father sold her for $1300 to feed the family. Her mother is fighting to buy her back
Aziz Gul’s husband sold the 10-year-old girl into marriage without telling his wife, taking a down-payment so he could feed…
Read More » -
Cyprus: Turkish Occupation and Unpunished Crimes Against Women and Children
On December 16 and 17, Democracy Today, an NGO that focuses on human rights issues, organized its annual international conference in…
Read More » -
Afghan mothers forced to sell their children to survive as starvation threatens millions
Fatima is facing a torturous decision no mother should ever have to face: selling her toddler to prevent her other children…
Read More » -
‘You never forget the knock at the door’: why families of child sex abuse material offenders need more help
Last year, authorities in the United States received a record-breaking 21.7 million reports of child abuse material. Authors The Conversation This…
Read More » -
Protecting Schools from Attack during Wartime
Nearly two decades ago, I first heard brave Afghan students and teachers describe armed attacks on their schools and threats to their…
Read More » -
Royal commission told of ‘heartbreaking’ abuse faced by women with disability
The disability royal commission was told 90 per cent of women with intellectual disability have experienced sexual abuse. By disability…
Read More » -
An inquiry exposed sexual abuse within French Catholic Church — now what?
The inquiry that unearthed the scale of the abuse could also lead the way to reforms within the church. Lisa…
Read More » -
Australian of the Year Grace Tame praises ACT Government for moving to raise the age of criminal responsibility
But the Tasmanian Government will not follow the territory government, saying it wants to be part of a nationally consistent…
Read More » -
Horror as French reveal more than 200,000 clergy abuse victims within Catholic Church
Report The landmark report says about 3,000 child abusers, two-thirds of whom were priests, operated within the church since the…
Read More » -
Family and domestic violence survivors are ‘being failed’
The Justice for Women in Rape Cases forum was hosted by the Geelong Women Unionists Network (GWUN) and March4Justice Geelong,…
Read More »